Vishweshwara-samhita - Chapter 24 - Verse 43
Shiva Purana (siva.sh) · 24 · Verse 43
Sanskrit Original
नाश्नीयाज्जलमन्नमल्पमपि वा भस्माक्षधृत्या विना । भुक्त्वावाथ गृही वनीपतियतिर्वर्णी तथा संकरः । एनोभुण्नरकं प्रयाति सत दागायत्रिजापेन तद्वर्णानां तु यतेस्तु मुख्यप्रणवाजपेन मुक्तंभवेत् ४३ ।
nAznIyAjjalamannamalpamapi vA bhasmAkSadhRtyA vinA । bhuktvAvAtha gRhI vanIpatiyatirvarNI tathA saMkaraH । enobhuNnarakaM prayAti sata dAgAyatrijApena tadvarNAnAM tu yatestu mukhyapraNavAjapena muktaMbhavet 43 ।
No man shall drink or eat even a bit without applying Bhasma or wearing Rudrākṣa. If he eats or drinks, whether he is a householder or Vānaprastha or an ascetic, a man of the four castes or of mixed caste, he becomes a sinner and goes to hell. If a man of the four castes repeats Gāyatrī॥ 9॥ or if an ascetic repeats the Praṇava he shall be liberated.